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Coffee – Books
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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ~ Jane Austen
Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.460, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax Continue reading
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“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” ~ Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino (2017). “The Uses of Literature”, p.134, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Continue reading
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R.I.P Toni Morrison
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ~ Toni Morrison, 88 y/o – Author, Nobel Laureate Continue reading
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I’ll read my books ….
I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door. Continue reading
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To read a book …..
To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one. ~ Chinese Saying Continue reading
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“Why don’t you write books people can read?”
“Why don’t you write books people can read?” – Nora Joyce to her husband James (1882-1941) Continue reading
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Henry Rollins Quote
People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf. ~Henry Rollins Continue reading
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“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” ~ Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes, Philosopher – B. March 31, 1596 – D. February 11, 1650 Continue reading
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Books Are The Perfect Entertainment ~ Stephen King
Born: September 21, 1947 Continue reading
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Cornelia Funke ~ If I Was A Book
If I was book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all kinds of different kids. -Cornelia Funke, German Author Continue reading
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Comforts
couch book black coffee ac is on the comforts of home Continue reading
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E. B. White – Library Quote
“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times Continue reading
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William Faulkner Quote
“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.” – William Faulkner Continue reading
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Great Books
Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood. ~John Green Continue reading
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Summer Sky
To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie – True Poems flee ~Emily Dickinson, C.1879 Continue reading
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Quote ~ Al Pacino
“You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.” – Al Pacino Continue reading
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Books
“Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.” ~ Isaac Asimov Continue reading
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Thinking
Occupation: Professor Continue reading
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Conversation
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Continue reading
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Public Libraries
In my world there would be as many public libraries as there are Starbucks. ~Henry Rollins Continue reading
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Friend
There is no friend as loyal as a book. -Ernest Hemingway Continue reading
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The Eyes
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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First Amendment
If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. -Thurgood Marshall Stanley v. Georgia (1969) Continue reading
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Feelings
Born: March 26, 1930 – Died: January 17, 2001 Occupation: Poet Continue reading
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People Are Best…
People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf. ~Henry Rollins Continue reading
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Read Books…
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A House Without Books…
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Books…
Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything else. -Plato Continue reading
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On Reading ~ Haruki Murakami
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Louis Carroll
What is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pictures and conversation? Lewis Carroll Continue reading
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Robertson Davies
Born: August 28, 1913 – Died: December 2, 1995 Canadian novelist, journalist, playwright, professor and critic. Continue reading
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Saul Bellow On Libraries
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Jane Austen On Reading
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T.S. Eliot On Libraries
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Books
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Mark Twain Quote
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A book a day keeps reality away
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Reading Quote
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Happiness – Leo Tolstoy
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How to get up and get dressed
How to get up and get dressed Source: How to get up and get dressed Continue reading
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Reading Quote – Bertrand Russell
There are two motives for reading a book one, that you enjoy it the other, that you can boast about it. – Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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Libraries – Doris Lessing
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Books
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them. -Mark Twain Continue reading
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Tuesday Morning Quote
“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.” – Michel de Montaigne http://www.bquot.es/s/3295 Continue reading
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Anthony Trollope Quote
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Mark Twain Quote
“Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.” – Mark Twain http://www.bquot.es/s/289 Continue reading
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Paul Theroux Quote
Born: April 10, 1941 Continue reading
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Libraries
“There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.” -Andrew Carnegie Continue reading
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Literature Quote by Paul Auster
You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say to films, is that it’s always just one person encountering the book, it’s not an audience, it’s one to one. -Paul Auster http://en.proverbia.net Continue reading
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Writers Quote – Ernest Hemingway
The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer’s radar and all great writers have had it. -Ernest Hemingway en.proverbia.net Continue reading
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A Thought On A Paper Napkin
This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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Coffee and a Book
This works for me. Quote Source Continue reading
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Living Room Lamp
Living room lamp, books, tables rocking chair and other things. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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Books
Even as the Internet has revived hope of a universal library and Google seems to promise an answer to every query, books have remained a dark region in the universe of information. We want books to be as accessible and searchable as the Web. On the other hand, we still want them to be books. Continue reading
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My top 10 unfinishable novels
The article is from The Guardian on line. Found it to be an enlightening read. My top 10 unfinishable novels http://gu.com/p/42axe Continue reading
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Books
So many books, so little time. Continue reading
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What I Did On The 4th Of July
The 4th of July has come and one, but if anybody cares as to what I did on (Democracy Day, Independence Day), was watching the rain from Hurricane Arthur come down, which started shortly before noon. It came down heavy at times, but for the most part, it was a light rain. I actually enjoyed Continue reading
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Reading
You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book. Al Pacino Continue reading
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Libraries
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Books
Feeling a lot better than I did last week, and for the next few days will be posting off and on. Below, is a few of the books that I like to read. Continue reading
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Taking A Break
Since the middle of the week, I have only posted once. There’s a reason for that. I came down with the flu, and it knocked me on flat on my ass. The worst part is over with, but the nuisance part of it is still with me. The flu is wide spread throughout four states: Continue reading
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